Congressional Medal of Honor Society

685 Medal of Honor Recipients who have Fallen in Service (KIA, Wounds, Illness)

Many Medal of Honor Recipients have died while in service. Some died during the moment of valor that resulting in the Medal of Honor. Others died later, during combat actions, as prisoners of war, or fell due to wounds or illness. We remember them below.

Charles George

Korean War

1952 - Songnae-dong, Korea

John G. Gertsch

Vietnam War

1969 - A Shau Valley, Republic of Vietnam

Eric G. Gibson

World War II

1944 - near Isola Bella, Italy

Charles L. Gilliland

Korean War

1951 - Tongmang-ni, Korea

Howard W. Gilmore

World War II

1943 - Southwest Pacific

John J. Given

Indian Campaigns

1870 - Wichita River, Texas, USA

Harold E. Goettler

World War I

1918 - near Binarville, France

Edward Gomez

Korean War

1951 - Hill 749, Korea

Harold Gonsalves

World War II

1945 - Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands

David M. Gonzales

World War II

1945 - Hill 507, Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Alfredo "Freddy" Gonzalez

Vietnam War

1968 - near Thua Thien, Republic of Vietnam

Clair Goodblood

Korean War

1951 - Popsu-dong, Korea

Gary I. Gordon

Somalia (Operation Restore Hope)

1993 - Mogadishu, Somalia

Donald J. Gott

World War II

1944 - Saarbrucken, Germany

William J. Grabiarz

World War II

1945 - Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands

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